Bill file



Dec. 25, 1923. 1,478,920

F. W. SCHEPMAN BILL FILE Filed Sept. l5, 1922 Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

UNITED f STATES 1,418,9ze im'riajrilg orner..

FREDERICK vWILLIAM SCHEPMAN, or EvANsvILLE, INDIANA, assitance oE-oNE- HALE To WILLIAM o. MENKE, or EvANsv'ILLE, INDIANA.

BILL EILE.

- Application ledSeptember 13, 1922. VSerial No. 588,064.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK VILLIA SCHEPMAN, a citizen of the United States,

` residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Bill File, of which the following is a specification.

kThis invention relates to bill files of thc' type using pivotally *mountedl arched wires. The primary object of the invention is to provide a file ofthis character whichis springless' and noiseless. i

i Another object of the invention is to provide simple' and efficient means for simultaneously opening and closing the arched wires. I

Another object is to provide a device of this character so constructed that a plurality of bill files may be controlled by'one operating element. f

With the foregoing andother objects in view whichkwill appear as the description -proceeds,'the invention r resides in the combination and arrangement of'parts and in the details of construction yhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be' made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirity of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :w Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the file constructed'in accordance with this invention with the top. of the gear-enclosing chamber removed, and with the arched wires shown in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof with the wires in open position.

Fig. 3' is adetail sectional view taken on the line 3-7-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail front elevation of one of the postsupporting flanges.

In the embodiment illustrated, the file constituting this invention Vis kdesigned to be mounted onk a back or base board (not shown) such as is ordinarily employed with files of this character. The le comprises a metal base plate 1 which may be nickel plated or finished in any desired manner,

and which is to be secured to the base board Y front edge of the plate 1 is cut out as shown at 3 and one end thereof has alongitudinai extension 4 provided on its front edge with an upstanding lapertured, 'ear5 for a 'purpose presently to be described. y f

The front edge of the plate 1 on opposite sides of the cut-away portion 3 has 'upstanding right-angularly disposed flanges 6and 7 which form' abutments for base'blocks 10 and 11 of T-shaped posts 8 and 9. VThese blocks 10 and 11 have screw-threaded sockets in their outer faces to receive fastening screws 12 which pass through longitudinally y extending slots v13 in the flanges 6 and 7. These slots 13 permit the posts' to be aol-r justed toward or away from eachother to insurev the close'engagement therewith of the cooperating arched wires r14 and 15 which are'rotatably mounted in the platewl at points spaced 'from and in transverse alignmentwith the posts 8 and 9.

These posts 8 and'9 are preferably made tubular and are provided attheirfupper ends on their inner sides with longitudinally extending tongues 8a and 9a against which the bills or free ,ends 16 of' the rotatable arched wires 14. and 15vare designed to engage when in closed position.

, The lower ends of the arched wires 14kr and 15 are rotatably mounted in the plate 1 and have toothed pinions 17 and 18 fixedly secured thereto in any suitable manner y which are designed to mesh with a rack bar 20, the ends 21 and 22 of which are offset and arranged in parallel planes. The teeth 23 of these ends are located on opposite side edges thereof to mesh with the teeth of the heads 17 and 18 as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. One'end of the bar 2O projects longitudinally beyond the plate 1 and overlies the end extension 4 thereof and is provided on its upper face with teeth 24 with which are designed to mesh a gear 26 xed to a lever 25 which is fulcrumed in the upstanding apertured ear 5 of the extension 4. The gear 26 is provided on one face thereof with a spacing disk'27 preferably integral with the gear and from the periphery of kwhich extends radially the body portion or lever outer face of the gear 26` of the lever and through.- which aL screw 31. passes which performsi the tnct'o'n of a falen-um for' the lever as well as securing element for attaching it to thev ear 5.v A lock nut 32 may be applied to theI screw"v tb preventI its working loose..V

From the above description it will be obvious that the pinions carried by the arched wires mesh with the raclrbars as shown` swinging the arched wires 145 and L5A inr opposite directionsawa-y romeach other. The downward movement ofy thisflever causesthe rack bar QO-A to move longitudinall-1y i-n'- ward thereby rotating. the pinionsl and' 18 andsWinging theI wires 14 and 15 toward' each:- other into\ closed position, asy shown i-n Fig, 1;.r VVhenthese` wires are closed their bills or terminals 1-6 abut the tongueszSa and 9$1 whichlimitvthei-r closing: movement,A

The' racky bars 20 and,y the pinions 17 and 18 are enclosed. by a removable casingl 33 which; is apertured for the passage of the upstanding portion of .thearched wires torming bearings for` said'- wires and permitting themV to turn freely in said;casing;`

Ift will thus be seenthatV4 this` bill yilei has no springs to get brokenor get out of order andthat thei operation, thereof isl entirely noiseless.l y v Y n Any suitable means may be provided for retaining the/lever in raised? or lowered position. f

I claim 1.. Lnlabilltileaa base platea post rising tli'erefrom andi havingy a longitudinally eX- tending tongue at its upper end, an arch member mounted to rotate on said p late with its free" enfdI 'adapteditol engagesa-i'd`i tbnfgue whenv` in" closed position?, aA1 rack bar slidable on said base, a pinion carried by said arch member and meshing with said rack bar, a

lever fulerumed on' said plate and having ate with. said. posts to.- close ,the file, .pinions carried byv said. arch members, ai longitudinallv reciprocatory racl barn mounted onsaid plate `with the endsthereotr otfset,fsaidl oisetI endsbeing: provided one on. its. outer edge and. the: other. on its inner. edgel with the*y teeth to meslr with,V saidA heads'f whereby they reciprocation of said bar will open` and close said arch members,` said rackbar havingjteeth onits upper face. at-ioneend thereot and` alever having a gear. meshingl with said teeth to reciprocate said bar. p

In testimony that I clainr the foregoing as my own, I. have hereto a-iiix'edll my signature in the presence ofVY two. witnesses..

ranura-iler Wi-fLLn-M scimmia-ilaV Witnesses I-Licr'rnel FLK JAMES T. WALKER. 

